Bookfoolery

"Just so you know, human . . . I'm not sticking around. See the ears flattening? The wide eyes? I was totally zen till you pulle...

Before we talk books, we must admire the spider lilies!!! I'd never seen spider lilies before I moved to the Deep South and every year I...

Image source My first attempt at writing up a post on Banned Books Week went awry, thanks to a little injudicious cutting and pasting, so th...

. . . you are violating my personal air space. ©2011 Nancy Horner. All rights reserved. If you are reading this post at a site other than Bo...

As reading weeks go, this past week was not one of great quantity, but I enjoyed what I read and am loving my current reads. I finished Th...

I've never written up an official review policy so this post is obviously overdue after 5 1/2 years of blogging. I will make updates, a...

The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas Copyright 2011 Harper Perennial - Historical Fiction 294 pages The Oracle of Stamboul is the ...

Fiona Friday will return, next week, at its regularly scheduled time. I have a book tour on Friday, this week. ©2011 Nancy Horner. All righ...

I just popped my copy of The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine in an envelope and mailed it to a book buddy I hope will appreciate it. ...

I thought last week would be a bad reading week because I spent half of my week in New England with Carrie, aka Care of Care's Online Bo...

Some of Fiona's favorite places, top to bottom: My office floor (very messy, sorry to offend any eyeballs) The bedroom window The front ...

This photo has absolutely nothing to do with my weekly reading update. I just thought it was cute. This past week was a pretty good readi...

This is an all-Isabel Fiona Friday . Sorry, Fi. We'll be sure to let Fi return to being the one and only star, at least for a day, nex...

For reasons made obvious in my last post (we were out-of-town most of last week for Eldest's wedding), I didn't manage to accomplish...

We had more than a little excitement, this weekend, as we were in Nashville for our son's wedding! Wahoo! We have a daughter-in-law! ...

I've been having some problems with my Sony D-SLR, for a while, so after a great deal of consideration I decided to switch brands. The ...

I'm going to keep this review very brief, but you can see a sneak peek (first chapters) of both Still More Stories from Grandma's At...